Chrome Stable Channel Update for Desktop -- 79.0.3945.79

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Stable Channel Update for Desktop
Tuesday, December 10, 2019

The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 79 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks. Chrome 79.0.3945.79 contains a number of fixes and improvements -- a list of changes is available in the log.
This update includes 51 security fixes.

 https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

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[Tip] Enable Tab Freeze or Tab Suspend Feature in Google Chrome
https://www.askvg.com/tip-enable-tab-freeze-or-tab-suspend-feature-in-google-chrome/

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Chrome 79 includes anti-phishing and hacked password protection

Google’s Safe Browsing maintains an ever-growing list of unsafe sites on the web and shares this information with webmasters, or other browsers, to make the web more secure. The list refreshes every 30 minutes, protecting 4 billion devices every day against all kinds of security threats, including phishing.

Safe Browsing list has been capturing an increasing number of phishing sites.

However, some phishing sites slip through that 30-minute window, either by quickly switching domains or by hiding from our crawlers. Chrome now offers real-time phishing protections on desktop, which warn you when visiting malicious sites in 30 percent more cases. Initially we will roll out this protection to everyone with the “Make searches and browsing better” setting enabled in Chrome. 

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/12/12/chrome-79-includes-anti-phishing-and-hacked-password-protection/

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With the release of Chrome 79, Google completes its goal of erasing www from the browser by no longer allowing Chrome users to automatically show the www trivial subdomain in the address bar.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-achieves-its-goal-of-erasing-the-www-subdomain-from-chrome/ 

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Chrome 79 released with tab freezing, back-forward caching, and loads of security features
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chrome-79-released-with-tab-freezing-back-forward-caching-and-loads-of-security-features/

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What’s New in Chrome 79
https://www.howtogeek.com/450613/whats-new-in-chrome-79-arriving-today/

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[Software Update] Google Chrome 79 Stable Version Available for Download
https://www.askvg.com/download-google-chrome-latest-version/

[Tip] How to Enable Built-in Dark Theme Mode in Google Chrome
https://www.askvg.com/tip-enable-hidden-secret-and-built-in-dark-theme-mode-in-google-chrome/